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Literary Onomastics analyzes the namecraft of authors ranging from William Shakespeare to George R. R. Martin, studying how names function and convey meaning in works of literature and in genres including poetry, novels, science fiction, and fantasy.

This volume begins with a biography of Virginia Woolf that provides essential information about the novelist's life. Original essays present an overview of Mrs. Dalloway, including information about the work's origins and composition, analyze the world events and social conditions that provide context for the work, and discuss Woolf's efforts to create a new form of the novel appropriate for a new age. Republished essays include a discussion o...

Penned by distinguished and emerging Georgia writers, this book includes over two centuries of the state's storytelling related to Christmas and holiday themes. Includes contributions by Toni Cade Bambara, Erskine Caldwell, Lewis Grizzard, and Joel Chandler Harris.

This festive volume celebrates the moods and spirits of the Pelican State at Yuletide with tales from such greats as Robert Olen Butler, Kelly Cherry, Kate Chopin, and Katherine Anne Porter.

For the inhabitants of the Great Plains, the month of December is thirty-one days of progressively receding sunlight, unremittingly low temperatures, and the ever-present threat--if not the reality--of knee-high snow. Arriving at the peak of this blustery weather, Christmas is extended as far as possible on both sides of December 25. On the Great Plains, December needs a Christmas season, not just a single day. Featuring stories and essays by ...